Reform of Higher Education & Research Project

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The Reform of Higher Education and Research Project will support the overall goals of the Government's program for reforming higher education to improve: 1) the responsiveness of the system to the demands for new professional and managerial skills required by a market economy; 2) resource allocation to generate incentives for more efficient performance; and 3) access to higher education with increased equity for talented but needy students. Specific project objectives are to: 1) improve the capacity of the recently formed higher education councils and the individual institutions to fulfill their responsibilities in the reform strategy; 2) develop the new undergraduate and continuing education programs demanded by the transition to a market economy; and 3) develop the new postgraduate education and research training needed to supply the next generation of academic staff in high demand fields of study, and the professionals with advanced training in the new fields demanded by the transition to a market economy. The project will consist of the following components: 1) management capacity improvement, including management of the higher education councils, institutions and the information systems; 2) undergraduate and continuing education, comprising the university, college and continuing education programs; and 3) postgraduate education and research, including multi-user research centers.